Makers

Vancouver, British Columbia · Shopify shop

June Hunter photographs the crows, ravens and garden birds of her East Vancouver blocks and turns them into $33 signed fine art prints on archival lustre photo paper, $21 hardbound notebooks, $24 sets of twelve crow postcards, the annual City Crow Calendar, plus coasters, mouse pads, glass pendants, silk scarves and needle-felted wool crows she makes by hand.

Almost everything in my shop is now tariffed at 50% for US customers, as is the work of many of my fellow Canadian artists and craftspeople. · instagram.com, Aug 23, 2026

Victoria, British Columbia · Wix shop

Jess M. writes, illustrates, prints and packs boxed puzzle games on Vancouver Island: 24-day puzzle quests like World Adventures and Wonderland that arrive as "24 daily stories and puzzles, professionally printed on 4"x6" postcards, all placed inside envelopes", the three-part detective game The disappearance of George Devenport with "35 pieces of physical evidence", whodunnits for families, and the Express Train to Paris murder mystery kit, at $15 to $45 CAD.

Because of these combined factors, I’ve had to pause shipping to both the US and Europe. · mysteryinteractive.com, Sep 9, 2026

Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia · Squarespace shop

Chris Warburton Hulme builds one-off mixed-media collages on 1.5-inch wood panel out of acrylic paint, hand-painted acid-free collage paper, paint markers and permanent markers, priced $75 to $520, and turns the same images into $25 signed 8-by-8 art prints, $15 lined notebooks, $9 greeting cards, $4 paper bookmarks and $6 stickers.

Sorry, it’s not going to the U.S. anymore. It’s stayin’ in Canada · cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026

Toronto, Ontario · Own site

Lorette C. Luzajic builds one-off mixed-media collage paintings on gallery-stretched canvas in Toronto — 48-by-48-inch urban expressionist abstracts, 24-by-24 medium works, and the 12-by-12-inch "Signature Squares" that sell for around C$450 — out of acrylic paint, gouache, found papers, chalk pastels, oil sticks, wax crayons, graphite and spray paint, alongside her Shrines, Treasure Boxes and commissions.

I immediately burst into tears because it was real · cp24.com, Aug 24, 2026

Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia · Online shop

Miranda Jordan paints everything freehand in a Cole Harbour home studio: 67 original mixed-media miniatures on watercolour paper at $25, resin-finished cradleboard paintings such as the $225 Blue Cat Painting and the $235 Clock Lobster, and 95 hand-painted accent lamps made from repurposed bottles fitted with LED string lights on a USB switch, plus candle holders and suncatchers.

I don’t work for the U.S. government and I don’t want to be an unpaid customs clerk for them, so I’m just not doing it anymore. · cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026

Calgary, Alberta · Wix shop

Kelsey Voss draws national and provincial parks in flat modern lines and sells them from Calgary as prints from $15.75 in four make-ups — 5x7 borderless on pearl paper, 8.5x11 matte sheets, 12x16 matte posters and 13x19 fine-art sheets with a wide white border — plus $65 panorama prints, five-print bundles at $60, park stickers, puzzles and the wall calendar she is now running for a fifth year.

US orders: Temporary pause on all US orders due to Aug 19th 50% tariffs coming to US customers. Calendar preorders are exempt from this change! · sunearthmoon.ca, Sep 9, 2026

Fredericton, New Brunswick · Own site

Alisha Nicholson paints Christian-themed originals in Fredericton — Lamb of God, charcoal and acrylic on a 9 x 12 inch canvas, is available on request, while Chain-Breaker at CA$2,500 and most of the earlier pieces have already sold — and sells fine art prints of them from CA$80, “made to order on premium archival paper”, alongside commissions and a CA$20 PDF devotional paired with her paintings.

Basically, I’m making no money, so it’s not worth it for me. · ctvnews.ca, Aug 26, 2026

Burlington, Ontario · Shopify shop

Ron Stefaniuk moulds, trims, paints and assembles fibreglass goalie masks and builds stainless steel cages for them in a Burlington, Ontario shop, sold direct to goaltenders.

Apex masks and cages are ice hockey equipment other than balls and skates, HTS 9506.99.25 on the CBP Section 338 list, so every mask Ron Stefaniuk ships to an American goaltender carries a 50% duty on top of the price, in effect since August 22, 2026. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026

Vancouver, British Columbia · Shopify shop

Aaron Bleackley cuts every Wild Gears set on his own laser cutter from a single sheet of clear acrylic in Vancouver: geared drawing kits for spirograph-style art, from the CAD$20 Travel set and CAD$49 Compact, Hoops and Encyclopedic sets up to CAD$99 Full Page, Enormous, Paisley and Mandala Maker sets and the fourteen-page Encyclopedic 3 (CAD$99 a page or CAD$1,120 complete), each sheet yielding a matching ring for every gear plus non-circular gears in squares, triangles, pentagons and, in his words, "stranger shapes".

Wild Gears sets are a drawing toy, described on the site as "the geared drawing toy for the 21st century", which puts them on HTS 9503.00.00, the toys and puzzles line on the CBP Section 338 list carrying a 50% additional duty on entry to the United States since August 22, 2026. On a CAD$99 large gear set that is close to CAD$50 in duty before shipping, on a shop whose base prices Bleackley says he has held for more than a decade. He had already told American customers in February 2026 that "all packages are being charged a 10% duty before shipment" and that he collects it at checkout as a separate line item; the Section 338 duty is charged on top of the ordinary rate. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026

Ottawa, Ontario · Shopify shop

Cassy Ladner paints wildlife and nature in acrylic and mixed media from a home studio in Ottawa: originals on 1.5-inch gallery-wrapped canvas from a $200 14-inch round up to $975 for a 24-by-36, smaller originals on paper from $45, and made-to-order paper prints of her own paintings at about $50, with pieces also hanging at Art House Ottawa, Zola's and Art Apothecary in Gananoque.

New tariffs are making it more expensive for Canadian artists to ship original artwork to the USA. · instagram.com, Aug 25, 2026

Vancouver, British Columbia · Squarespace shop

Mario prints tabletop wargaming tokens to order in Vancouver — status-effect, soul, corpse, dig-in and hunger-and-torment markers, full colour-coded army token sets for Warmachine armies from Jungle Trolls to Vampire Elves at $15 to $40 CDN, seasonal upgrade packs and $10 command card decks — each token a printed paper sticker inset into a 3D-printed disc, with STL files sold for players who print their own.

This 50% tariff comes from the invocation of Section 338 of the US Tariff act. · centuriontactics.ca, Sep 9, 2026

Virden, Manitoba · Own site

Jonathan Paddison makes end-grain cutting boards, butcher blocks, cribbage boards and chess boards from maple, walnut, padauk and wenge.

Wooden tableware and kitchenware (HTS 4419.90.91) has carried a 50% US duty since August 22, 2026. Northern Prairie Woodworks ships across Canada and the US, so half again is added to the price of every board an American buyer orders. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 21, 2026

Castlegar, British Columbia · Own site

Dave Francis carves basswood Santas by hand in Castlegar: 5-inch Tall Hat Santa head ornaments at $90 each, 6-inch Chubby Santas at $160 to $180, Santa figures from 9 to 18 inches at $200 to $700, one-off pieces like the 12-inch Polar Pals at $850, and carved Frosted Evergreen Trees from $150, each one painted and wax-finished by him.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff barrage against Canada has had far-reaching impacts in unexpected places. B.C.-based Santa ornament-carver Dave Francis is one of those impacted. · cbc.ca, Aug 26, 2026

Sarnia, Ontario · Wix shop

Karen cuts and finishes hardwood charcuterie and cutting boards, coasters and snack trays in Sarnia, most of them made to order.

Wooden tableware and kitchenware (HTS 4419.90.91) has carried a 50% US duty since August 22, 2026, which covers the serving and charcuterie boards that make up most of the Rustic and Renewed Decor catalogue. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 21, 2026

Georgina, Ontario · Wix shop

Chris Campbell keeps close to a hundred colonies at his apiary in Georgina, Ontario, and sells the crop as "Raw, unpasteurized, cold filtered honey": Wildflower Honey at $12 for 500g and $22 for the kilo, a $10 Honey Bear, Chocolate Honey and cinnamon, lemon and vanilla Creamed Honey at $12 a jar, a $25 Paw Wax, and quarter, half and full Hive Shares from $125 to $450 that pay out in that hive's own honey at the end of the season; bee pollen, propolis tincture and beeswax show in the home-page gallery but are not in the shop.

Raw wildflower and creamed honey is natural honey, HTS 0409.00.00 on the CBP Section 338 list, a line carrying a 50% US duty since August 22, 2026. Hiveshare's own delivery page says "We offer shipping for customers across Canada" and nothing beyond it, so the duty does not land on its checkout; it lands on the Canadian honey market Hiveshare sells into. CBC reported that small Ontario honey companies "may not be exporting their product to the U.S., but they worry a new 50 per cent tariff will encourage larger honey producers based in the Prairies to crowd the Ontario market", and Farmers Forum quoted a beekeeper on the same measure: "The whole industry is in an uproar over this. It will be brutal." Hiveshare has published nothing about it. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026

Stratford, Ontario · Shopify shop

Small businessA product line hit

Tina Logassi sculpts, sews and paints seasonal decor in a Stratford, Ontario studio: a $75 Clay Sculpted Krampus Christmas Ornament about 4 inches tall, "Cast from my original hand-sculpted clay design" and finished with Tibetan lambswool hair, wired twine horns, rusty bells on a chain and a wooden "Krampusnacht Dec. 5" tag; 17-inch Krampus and Father Christmas figures in velvet and wool trim; coffee-stained muslin Santas; whimsical hand-sewn Christmas trees — alongside the wool-blend felt, DMC floss, Miyuki beads, PDF patterns and craft kits she sells to other makers.

Pre-Paid Duties to the USA are included in USD pricing. · primheirloomdesigns.ca, Aug 25, 2026

Delta, British Columbia · Squarespace shop

Small businessA product line hit

Tara Pawson blows glass one piece at a time outside Vancouver: $35 hanging ornaments in Rainbow Brite, Cranberry, Cobalt, Frozen, Blossom and Meadow, a $30 Christmas Lump of Coal Ornament, $30 West Coast Raindrops, $35 Heavy Heart paperweights, $55 Double Bubble terrariums, $45 tumblers and $60 bowls, alongside custom cremation memorial keepsakes with the ashes encased in the glass.

Hand-blown decorative glass - the hanging ornaments, West Coast Raindrops, Heavy Heart paperweights and Double Bubble terrariums - is glassware for indoor decoration valued over $5 each, HTS 7013.99.90 on the CBP Section 338 list, so every piece Pawson ships to an American buyer carries a 50% duty on top of the price, in effect since August 22, 2026: about $17.50 on a $35 ornament. Tara Blown Glass has published nothing about the measure. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026